On Wednesday the Yankees are meeting Manny Machado. Here's something you have to know. Whether you like his attitude or not, he can make this team better. This isn't just an opinion by me. It's a pretty straight forward fact of what happens when you add 30+ home runs, 100+ RBI's and an OPS over .800 into your lineup.
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You can say the Yankees don't need him but look what big bats did to transform a team like the mid 90's Yankees when they added Wade Boggs, Darryl Strawberry and Tino Martinez, or the Mets of the 80's when they added Keith Hernandez and Gary Carter. Both of those teams became contenders instantaneously. Sure there were other factors as well but in baseball, it takes moves like a Machado to tip the scales in a team's favor over others. Last year the Yanks snagged Stanton and this year they can add more depth to an already pitching-dead-zone of a lineup like the Yankees.
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Think about a pitcher looking at this line-up: Aaron Hicks, Aaron Judge, Manny Machado, Giancarlo Stanton, Miguel Andujar, Didi (When he finally comes back), Gleyber Torres, Gary Sanchez and Luke Voit. There are no easy tasks - especially if Sanchez and Voit are on the way we've seen them turn it on in the past. Of course you invest in Machado. You have to. This lineup is a killer. If all of them can put it together the way we know they can, they can be the Golden State Warriors of baseball.
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